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Todays show:

Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to discuss Waymo crash implications (3:53), Apple's AI announcements post-WWDC (17:17), inflation cooldown (27:21), and more!

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show

(3:53) How Waymo handled a crash and self-driving car standards

(8:08) Eight Sleep - Head to https://www.eightsleep.com/twist and use code TWIST to get $350 off the Pod 4 Ultra.

(10:04) Car safety technology

(17:17) Apple's AI announcements and stock impact

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(27:21) Inflation update: Recent CPI data and its implications

(33:34) High interest rate environment and venture capital

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(42:12) 10 companies most likely to IPO

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Mentioned on the show:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/1cxo27o/waymo_car_crashes_into_pole/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/12/24175489/waymo-recall-telephone-poll-crash-phoenix-software-map

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/13/waymo-recall-crash-software-self-driving-cars/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/12/waymo-second-robotaxi-recall-autonomous-vehicle/

https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/AAPL?qsearchterm=aapl

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

https://x.com/ashugarg/status/1800658425040253309

https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/US2Y

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/fed-meeting-fomc-interest-rate-decision-cpi-inflation-june-2024/card/traders-firmly-expect-a-rate-cut-in-september-q8qGgjh8jorUx56RBpK8

https://kalshi.com/markets/ratecutcount/number-of-rate-cuts#ratecutcount-24dec31

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/12/fed-meeting-today-on-interest-rate.html

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/databricks

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gusto

https://archive.is/fGJav#selection-2217.0-2226.0

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shein-b79e

https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001514587&owner=exclude&count=40&hidefilings=0

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/turo

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